American English pronunciation

How to pronounce suggests

IPA transcription: [sə'dʒɛsts]

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Verb

  • make a proposal, declare a plan for something

    “the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax”

  • drop a hint; intimate by a hint

  • imply as a possibility

    “The evidence suggests a need for more clarification”

  • suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine

    “Tetracycline is indicated in such cases”

  • call to mind

    “this remark evoked sadness”

Usage examples

  • Finally, Hex discovers that, as his name suggests, he was cursed from the beginning.
  • Bouman suggests that the female mourner could then be Hengist's famous daughter Renwein.
  • This suggests she may have been a triple deity.
  • One recent study suggests that a mantle convective current is propelling the plate.
  • Some evidence suggests similar hepatotoxicity in other populations.
  • This suggests that it is unlikely that it was done by a copy artist.
  • As its name suggests, certain regions of cerebral softening result in a red color.
  • As Sam suggests, these objects are similar to Buddhist Prayer wheels.
  • The second higher high suggests that buying still had more pressure than the selling.
  • "Lovesong", her third last novel, is, Riemer suggests, "the riskiest book she wrote".